US EditionSchool knife attack in western France: Prosecutor says suspect had no clear motive
- On April 24, 2025, a student carried out a knife attack at a high school in Nantes, western France.
- Investigators work to determine the motive, though the prosecutor states the suspect had no clear motive.
- The attack killed a 15-year-old girl who suffered 57 knife wounds and wounded three other pupils.
- Prosecutor Antoine Leroy described the teenager as "extremely solitary" and fascinated by Adolf Hitler.
- The attack prompted soul-searching in France about school security and youth violence, leading to discussions about metal detectors.
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Suspected killer in French school attack a loner with no clear motive, prosecutor says
The schoolboy suspected of brutally stabbing to death a 15-year-old girl at their school in western France was a loner fascinated by Adolf Hitler but had no clear motive for an attack which shocked the country, the prosecutor said on Friday.
Nantes knife attack: lack of motive, confused ideology, depression... a lonely assailant and fascinated by Hitler
Following the stabbing attack in a private high school that cost the life of a 15-year-old girl, the public prosecutor delivered several elements of the assailant's personality at a press conference on Friday, 25 April.
School knife attack in western France: Prosecutor says suspect had no clear motive
After a stabbing attack in a high school killed a 15-year-old girl and injured three other pupils, the prosecutor spoke about the suspect, a student, saying he was 'solitary' but that no 'certain' motive had been found.
DIRECT. Attack on the knife in Nantes: "No motive can be mentioned in a certain way," says the prosecutor
In the aftermath of the stabbing attack in a private college-lycée in Nantes, where a tribute was paid this Friday afternoon to the young girl killed, the investigators are trying to identify the motivations of the alleged author. The prosecutor convened a press conference during which he...
France: A 57-gun high school girl killed, the assailant fascinated by Hitler
In the aftermath of the attack in a private college-lycée in Nantes, in western France, where a tribute was paid Friday to the 57-gunned teenage girl killed, the prosecutor described an assailant "extremely solitary", fascinated by Hitler, without any motive yet being mentioned "certainly".
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